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Posted: 9:37 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011

Virginia continues fight against a Mayport carrier

By Tiffany Griffith

Jacksonville, FL —

Lawmakers in Virginia just won't back down from a fight to keep an aircraft carrier from coming to Mayport.

Virginia's senators and congressmen are restating their argument with the newly installed chief of naval operations.

In a letter, they say the Navy should spend money on other projects rather than retrofitting Mayport.

Navy Secretary Ray Mabus wrote in a letter this spring that the Navy is committed to moving a carrier to Mayport, by 2019.

 
 
 

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